MRVL Options History — May 2011

In May 2011, MRVL traded between $14.18 and $16.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.3%, placing in the 33.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.1% (HV 20d: 29.3%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2011-05-27: Highest Volume — 131,622 contracts
  • 2011-05-27: Largest IV drop — 36.4% change
  • 2011-05-24: Highest IV Rank — 68.4%
  • 2011-05-23: Largest Expected Move — 13.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.77$14.18$16.24$15.29$16.24
Max Pain$15.57$15.00$18.00$18.00$15.00
ATM IV38.3%26.9%45.6%35.0%27.0%
Expected Move11.1%7.7%13.1%10.0%7.7%
HV 20d29.3%22.9%45.2%30.6%45.0%
HV 60d37.7%34.1%42.2%38.5%34.1%
IV Rank33.0%0.0%68.4%16.0%0.6%
IV Percentile57.8%0.0%89.7%35.3%0.4%
Term Structure-2.9%-6.8%2.4%1.3%1.5%
VWIV38.6%27.0%45.5%34.9%27.4%
Skew 25d2.5%1.1%3.9%2.0%3.5%
Skew 10d5.7%2.5%8.7%3.1%7.2%
Call IV 25d38.2%26.1%44.9%35.3%26.1%
Put IV 25d40.7%28.0%46.4%37.3%29.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.653.538.974.875.21
Gamma HHI0.180.140.260.190.23
Net GEX6.1M3.8M13.7M6.4M13.7M
Net DEX77.2M-271.7M182.6M114.7M-258.9M
Net VEX-1.3M-1.6M-1.1M-1.3M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.051.000.500.36
Total Volume36,219.0958,852131,62218,15336,914
Total OI710,767.619511,138815,220701,786632,882

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-05-02$15.29$18.0035.0%10.0%30.6%16.0%34.9%2.0%1.3%6.4M114.7M-1.3M0.504.8712,0996,054450,169251,617
2011-05-03$15.00$18.0035.9%10.3%30.1%18.6%36.8%1.6%0.9%5.3M138.1M-1.3M0.504.1927,22913,538455,541255,743
2011-05-04$15.00$18.0035.6%10.2%28.9%17.7%37.0%1.1%0.9%5.9M136.6M-1.3M0.284.4610,0542,790469,974260,534
2011-05-05$14.57$18.0038.2%11.0%30.2%25.0%38.3%2.3%-0.8%4.3M168.5M-1.2M0.334.2325,4348,418472,283260,433
2011-05-06$14.68$15.0037.7%10.6%29.7%23.6%36.6%3.9%-1.5%5.5M154.3M-1.2M0.153.7617,4602,560484,793262,044
2011-05-09$14.80$15.0039.7%10.8%29.3%32.0%37.7%3.6%-2.5%6.3M143.1M-1.3M0.154.2314,9902,202495,156263,001
2011-05-10$15.05$15.0038.1%10.5%29.7%27.0%36.3%3.6%-2.1%7.6M118.3M-1.3M0.074.4819,9141,439502,752264,277
2011-05-11$14.83$15.0027.9%10.7%29.8%0.0%36.8%3.6%-2.7%6.0M144.9M-1.2M0.054.4491,8374,476506,242262,329
2011-05-12$14.94$15.0036.8%10.5%29.8%26.2%36.5%3.3%-2.2%6.8M129.3M-1.3M0.473.618,5703,990528,686263,165
2011-05-13$14.60$15.0039.7%11.4%30.6%34.7%39.6%3.3%-4.4%4.7M156.4M-1.2M0.134.5420,3942,678517,538260,123
2011-05-16$14.19$15.0042.6%12.2%30.6%43.5%42.2%2.2%-5.2%3.8M182.6M-1.1M1.006.8918,54318,552531,067260,327
2011-05-17$14.30$15.0042.1%12.1%26.8%41.9%41.6%2.0%-4.9%4.1M176.0M-1.2M0.184.307,4941,358544,078271,142
2011-05-18$14.54$15.0039.9%11.4%27.4%35.4%40.3%2.9%-5.2%4.8M153.5M-1.2M0.144.8010,1451,439546,133267,370
2011-05-19$14.43$15.0042.2%12.1%23.6%42.1%41.5%2.3%-5.9%4.6M163.2M-1.2M0.284.457,0611,985532,426265,775
2011-05-20$14.34$15.0042.1%12.1%23.4%52.7%41.8%2.1%-5.9%4.5M169.2M-1.1M0.354.4011,0783,866535,101266,360
2011-05-23$14.34$15.0045.6%13.1%22.9%65.9%45.5%1.4%-6.2%5.0M-27.6M-1.1M0.703.9329,67320,778391,022120,116
2011-05-24$14.21$15.0045.3%13.0%22.9%68.4%44.9%1.9%-6.8%4.7M-13.2M-1.2M0.153.5317,7352,669409,709136,127
2011-05-25$14.18$15.0044.6%12.8%23.0%65.9%44.5%2.1%-6.3%4.8M-9.0M-1.1M0.303.9810,6523,219416,364137,118
2011-05-26$14.56$15.0042.2%12.1%25.3%56.5%42.7%3.6%-4.6%6.0M-47.4M-1.3M0.138.97114,29315,399423,027139,328
2011-05-27$16.17$15.0026.9%7.7%45.2%0.0%27.0%1.1%2.4%13.1M-271.7M-1.6M0.204.43109,56722,055466,522147,726
2011-05-31$16.24$15.0027.0%7.7%45.0%0.6%27.4%3.5%1.5%13.7M-258.9M-1.6M0.365.2127,1489,766475,931156,951